"You 'BECOME' the horse said to the rabbit. 'It doesn't happen all at once. It takes a very long time. Generally by the time you are REAL most of your hair has been loved off and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But those things don't matter, because you are real, you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.' " >>> The Velvateen Rabbit

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

We have heard many stories of love and caring that have come out of the tornado in Joplin May 22nd. Sometimes when a story is told it touches someones heart and they feel they need to do something. My sister and her daughter heard such a story from a lady recently. I will retell it as best I can. This guy 86 years old lived in a rented home in Joplin, when the tornado hit he was in the shower. He had time to grab his boxer shorts and hang onto his bath towel. When it was over, the only wall left was the one next to his tub. A lady and her husband and son were on a mission of their own to find her father who had gone to the hospital for his dialysis and after many detours found out finally that he had headed back home safely. They saw this elderly man on the corner with hardly any cloths and stopped to offer to take him somewhere. He said he had no one, no family at all. So they took him home. Over the summer he lived in their camper in the back yard and has recently been relocated into an apartment.

When my sister and her daughter heard this story they wanted to do something for this guy that they never met. Being quilters they knew what that would be. So they combined all their flannel fabric and started cutting blocks. They did random blocks that turned out beautiful and backed it with a smooth piece of fabric that looks like lining to a sleeping bag. It will be a cozy quilt.

Yesterday my sister and I went to Joplin to shop and delivered the quilt to the lady that rescued this man and she was so happy to get it and knew he would love it. She promised to send a picture of him with his quilt soon. So here is a pic of my sister with the quilt, front and back.

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Hubby cut these roses yesterday after it stopped raining. They are from a rose bush that belonged to my sister, Marge, who passed away 4 years ago. I have move it 4 times now, even across country, and it still thrives. We got about 5 1/2 inches of rain in 2 days. Most of it slow rain and soaked in good. Will be good to go into winter with the moisture.

I felt the earthquake Sat night just before 11 pm. Was just dozing up and then heard this weird sound in the attic like the wind was blowing real hard, and heard the sewing machine at the other end of the room vibrate like it was sitting on a washing machine in the spin cycle. I got up and looked out the window and there was no wind. Also no more sound or vibrations. Just as I got in bed, my daughter sent a text message that they had been shook with an earthquake! Well I hadn't figured that out yet, but I finally realized that what I felt was an earthquake. See here in the Midwest we don't feel them like some folks out west do. The next day on the news found out it was a 5.6 quake about 150 miles away so thats why we felt it and alot of folks in Ok. had damage.

Thought for the day: We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.

After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target.

Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse.

Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Target:

Dear Ms. Cliff,

Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras:

1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.
2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute
intervals.
3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.
4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money.
5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.
6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.
8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.
9.. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.
10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.
11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the ' Mission Impossible' theme.
12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.
13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'
14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'

And last, but not least:

15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.